Back then, Dilmaâs popularity was in the 60s and her government was spending with reckless abandon to keep the economy growing at a time when Chinaâs demand for Brazilian commodities was in decline, as were prices for things like iron ore and soybeans, all items that help cushion Brazilâs government coffers.
Doc Martin is set in Portwenn, a ficticious village, and filmed in Port Isaac Cornwall. Written by Dominic Minghella, the filming of Doc Martin is in Port Isaac and the surrounding area in Cornwall. Martin Clunes plays the hapless GP of Portwenn village and the TV series charts his day to day adventures as a GP.
Ebbw Vale (/ËÉbuË veÉªl/ ; Welsh: Glyn Ebwy) is a town at the head of the valley formed by the Ebbw Fawr tributary of the Ebbw River in Wales.It is the largest town and the administrative centre of Blaenau Gwent county borough.y the 1960s around 14,500 people were employed in the works in and around Ebbw Vale, but the end of the century witnessed a massive collapse to the industry. A strike in 1980 was followed by closures and redundancies which resulted in the dismantling of many of the old plants.